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Richard Fitch
@tudorcook.bsky.social
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Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about. All views own, yada yada yada. No expectation of mutual following.
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 7h
Clearly you made it *too* comfy and therefore only deserving of feline attention 😎
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 16h
Stupid me.
I'd presumed that taking a week off work on annual leave meant I could do what *I* wanted/needed to do [insert all the jobs my wife wants done here]

Clearly I forgot that a week off means a week playing as and when required by her majesty
A cat peeks out from inside a white play tunnel
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 19h
Today's the 959th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 1d
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...
A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
phys.org
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 5d
More likely to just burn myself again trying to distil out some oil from our lavender bushes 😉🤣
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 5d
Final batch of quince jelly for this year bottled.
Really happy with the colour, just hope the set was right.

Note to self...in future, avoid putting the tip of your middle finger into the jelly as it comes off the boil, it's painful and you'll regret it #idiot
Jars of quince jelly
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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 7d
As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/07/t...
The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming
This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 8d
FFS!
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 8d
St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem
Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.
www.bbc.com
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
Better test it I suppose 😎

Fantastic....quince jelly on a sharp cheddar. I think I might know what's for lunch now. Shame there's no crackers in the house
Quince jelly on cheddar
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
Now the washing up 😟
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
So just over 1300ml of jelly from about 1.5kg of quince (about 6 fruit). Not bad... Xmas gifts sorted!
Jars of ruby red quince jelly
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
Into the hot jars, then lids on pretty sharpish
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
No, he's a moron
youtu.be/Jozqc91e6Mw?...
Jilted John
YouTube video by Jilted John - Topic
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
IT'S ALIVE!
Boiling quince jelly foaming to the top of the pan
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
That's where I ended up in the end as I didn't trust the thermometer
a man wearing a helmet and goggles is holding a rifle
Alt: Star wars trench run, Luke turned off his targeting computer
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
About 4°c to go, heading to a nice ruby colour at the moment
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 9d
Day 2 of the quince jelly....BOIL!!!
Quince jelly boiling in a saucepan
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
Now for the drip drying phase!
Stewed quince draining into a bowl
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
Other, not order...doh
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
I have then turned the filtered out fruit into marmalade, but it's a risky job as it fills the kitchen with alcohol vapour and you get pretty tipsy/a banging headache when boiling it 😉
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
Order good uses for the fruit if the marmalade or jelly is too much hassle tends to be chopping it fine then steeping in gin or vodka for 6 months to a year before filtering and drinking.
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
On toast, on cheese, on crackers with cheese, with brie and bacon in a sandwich, as a glaze on gammon, it's a pretty endless list to be honest 😎
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 10d
Kitchen is starting to smell fantastic now!
Quince about halfway through cooking for the first stage of making quince jelly
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kugehouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @kugehouse.bsky.social · 10d
My own family cookbook from the 1790s has a recipe for Mutton Cabob’d
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